"The Malaysian citizens were the financiers and have smuggled in 55 kilograms of methamphetamine, 50,000 ecstasy pills, 30,000 `Happy5` pills," Jakarta Metropolitan Police spokesman Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Jakarta police have uncovered an operation to distribute Rp128 billion worth of narcotic drugs controlled by three Malaysian nationals, known by their initials as AZL, AD and APN.
"The Malaysian citizens were the financiers and have smuggled in 55 kilograms of methamphetamine, 50,000 ecstasy pills, 30,000 `Happy5` pills," Jakarta Metropolitan Police spokesman Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said here on Thursday.
He said the police had also arrested other suspects in connection with it including five inmates of the Salemba and Tangerang state penitentiaries.
He said the police arrested some of the suspects in front of Plaza Hotel in the Harco Mas shopping complex in Mangga Dua, Central Jakarta , and in Ancol on January 26.
The director of narcotics of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command, Senior Commissioner Nugroho Aji, said that the inmates of the Salemba and Tangerang penitentiaries had also acted as controllers and financiers.
He said the suspects smuggled narcotics drugs from the Netherlands, Iran and China through Johor in Malaysia to Indonesia.
They rented a small wooden boat to transport the drugs from Johor to Aceh in Sumatra where the drugs would then be taken by land to Jakarta through Padang, Palembang, Jambi and Lampung.
"The police arrested them with all the evidence after following them for almost two months," he said.
He said they planned to distribute the drugs in night spots in big cities like Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and others in Sumatra.
The suspects are facing charges based on Article 114 Paragraph 2 and Article 132 Paragraph 1 of Law Number 35 of 2009 on narcotics carrying the maximum penalty of death.(*)
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